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Some of the fouls the referee was missing were shocking. How Italy didn’t have a player sent off I don’t know.
UEFA Euro 2021 But Yet Somehow Still Euro 2020 Finals
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Gutted for England and for Rashford, Sancho and Saka especially.
Italy deserved it they were the better team on balance in the game and the best in the tournament, what a job Mancini has done there.
Baffling young Saka took the final penalty and not Grealish.
Italy deserved it they were the better team on balance in the game and the best in the tournament, what a job Mancini has done there.
Baffling young Saka took the final penalty and not Grealish.
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This looks right at first glance, but I saw too much excellent players miss their penalty during penalties shootout.
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Not a red, apparently:
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"It's coming Rome
It's coming Rome
It's coming...
Football's coming Rome...
Everyone seems to know the score
They've seen it all before
They just know
They're so sure
That England's surely threw it away
Surely blew it away
Italia knows they can play
'Cause I remember
Three Lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
55 years of hurt
Euro stopped us dreaming"
It's coming Rome
It's coming...
Football's coming Rome...
Everyone seems to know the score
They've seen it all before
They just know
They're so sure
That England's surely threw it away
Surely blew it away
Italia knows they can play
'Cause I remember
Three Lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
55 years of hurt
Euro stopped us dreaming"
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Why did the English manager choose two young players for such important penalty kicks? Simply baffling.
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I think Southgate got his substitutions wrong. Declan Rice was playing brilliantly and he takes him off. The only one that kinda worked was Grealish.
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Nobody deserves this win more than this guy
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Yeah the game management from Southgate wasn't great, Mancini was aggresive with his subs and Southgate was slow to respond.
Playing for penalties and bringing on two attacking players for the shootout very late on backfired, and Saka taking that last pen was a weird one for me.
Playing for penalties and bringing on two attacking players for the shootout very late on backfired, and Saka taking that last pen was a weird one for me.
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I'm going to sign off on here as I have been on here most of the day.
Like I said Italy fully deserve it, they have been fantastic this tournament and both Bonucci and Chiellini have been immense.
England too have had a great tournament and can be proud of making it to the final, it was a step too far tonight but I think they are heading in the right direction, a World Cup semi final and a Euros final in the last two majors is pretty good.
Like I said Italy fully deserve it, they have been fantastic this tournament and both Bonucci and Chiellini have been immense.
England too have had a great tournament and can be proud of making it to the final, it was a step too far tonight but I think they are heading in the right direction, a World Cup semi final and a Euros final in the last two majors is pretty good.
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Gutted for England but Italy werearguably the better side for most of the game.
Southgate was too timid IMO, but the Italian defence was razor sharp when it needed to be, and it made the difference.
Penalties is always a harsh way to lose, but I can't fathom what England were thinking sending two players up there who hadn't touched the ball all night, and then leaving the crucial kick to Saka. I feel sorry for them, but given how important shootouts are, it was unforgivably poor strategy.
Jorghino's assault on Grealish was a straight red and really was a disgrace, Chellini's yellow was lucky given Saka could have been clear on goal otherwise, but arguably not a red card. Maguire looked like a rabbit in the headlights all night and was really poor, Sterling had a poor match, and Kane played the 1st half brilliantly and then disappeared.
All round a very disappointing night but not all that unexpected in the end.
Southgate was too timid IMO, but the Italian defence was razor sharp when it needed to be, and it made the difference.
Penalties is always a harsh way to lose, but I can't fathom what England were thinking sending two players up there who hadn't touched the ball all night, and then leaving the crucial kick to Saka. I feel sorry for them, but given how important shootouts are, it was unforgivably poor strategy.
Jorghino's assault on Grealish was a straight red and really was a disgrace, Chellini's yellow was lucky given Saka could have been clear on goal otherwise, but arguably not a red card. Maguire looked like a rabbit in the headlights all night and was really poor, Sterling had a poor match, and Kane played the 1st half brilliantly and then disappeared.
All round a very disappointing night but not all that unexpected in the end.
